About block 973,694
Bitcoin block 973,694 was mined by ViaBTC on October 29, 2026 at 2:09 PM UTC, 46 min 11 s after block 973,693. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,179 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.03 sat/vB, up from 4.29 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0786 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2036 BTC for this block.
Block 973,694 is number 1,983 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 33 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,306 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.